In the pink

Well this title has nothing to do with the sex of a certain baby, who now I hear will be made known in a week or so.  Actually it is the realization that as far as flowers go, it is my preferred hue.  I used to labor over what flowers to buy for my yard and several years ago I figured out that pinks were what I liked.  So it has made flower buying much easier now.  Here's a shot of my whiskey barrel impatiens and my mother in law's old laundry tub that I plant in now.

I am officially on summer break now and today is Nels' 30th birthday.  I woke up that Sunday morning and told Bob that we would not be going to church as usual.  We sat on the living room floor, played cards, timed contractions and went in around 5:00 in the afternoon.  He was born at 10:56.  It was a wonderful day and I was able to stay then in the hospital until Wednesday.  I ordered my meals from the cafeteria, nursed the baby, took sitz baths and relaxed before the real world hit!!  And here it is, 30 years later...